migrant found dead after attempting to cross the Channel, second in less than 24 hours

Found lifeless on a beach in Sangatte (Pas-de-Calais) on Friday December 15, after an aborted attempt to cross the Channel towards England, a migrant was declared dead at midday, the prosecution announced. from Boulogne-sur-Mer. “The exact causes of death” are not yet known, specifies the prosecution which has opened an investigation to “manslaughter”. According to France 3 Hauts-de-France, the deceased man is a 25-year-old young man of Sudanese nationality.

Around 7 o’clock, “a group of 70 migrants went to sea with a ‘small boat’, but the boat returned to the beach”, for a reason that remains to be determined, the prosecution told AFP. This is the second migrant death recorded Friday in two separate crossing attempts, the same day as Gérald Darmanin visited Calais to defend his immigration bill. A first individual died during the night from Thursday to Friday off the coast of Gravelines when his overloaded inflatable boat sank.